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Nintendo PR on psp's new pricepoint
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IAmtheFMan
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I wanna touch Pikachu!
soundwave05
Member
Well what can you expect Nintendo to say.
I think they know they have some serious competition.
I think they know they have some serious competition.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
*walks over to Kutaragi's side*
Sorry, I need GT4 Mobile.
Sorry, I need GT4 Mobile.
Spiritreaver
Member
You guys getting it for PS2 are saps. PSP has the real thing.
soundwave05
Member
Well technically you don't need a Game Boy or DS to play a Pikachu/Pokemon game either. Obviously he's referring to the portable sector.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
yodandy said:
But the PSP version has online play! LOL AM I TIGHT?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Lowered the price - from guesses.
Wow.
Spiritreaver
Member
Grizzlyjin said:
I had trouble getting in. I'm sorry I just had to.
soundwave05 said:
Well I'm willing to argue that only the GB offers the full Pokemon experience. And it's a coin toss over whether Hey You! Pikachu or Pocket Pikachu are truly the ultimate Pikachu experience.
Forgotten Ancient
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Oh god, Nintendo. Don't fuck up again by trying to differentiate the market that your competitors are in. Xbox and PS2 aren't game systems - they're multimedia devices....
With the announced price of PSP, Sony just sold another system on my behalf. Furthermore...I'm starting to doubt whether or not I'm actually going to get a DS at launch. Hell, if the PSP gets a 2-D Castlevania or some good exclusive RPGs, I might not need a DS at all.
Oh fuck...Advance Wars DS. Pretent I didn't say the last paragraph.
Ahhh yes the real reason for the low PSP hardware price. Sony and Nintendo have the same emphasis: Killer software sells hardware. But they go about things in a different manner. Sony likes to put an emphasis on 3rd party titles and include them in the business. Nintendo likes to take the lion share of the software for themselves and leave the scraps to the 3rd parties.
SantaC
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Forgotten Ancient said:Oh god, Nintendo. Don't fuck up again by trying to differentiate the market that your competitors are in. Xbox and PS2 aren't game systems - they're multimedia devices....
With the announced price of PSP, Sony just sold another system on my behalf. Furthermore...I'm starting to doubt whether or not I'm actually going to get a DS at launch. Hell, if the PSP gets a 2-D Castlevania or some good exclusive RPGs, I might not need a DS at all.
Oh fuck...Advance Wars DS. Pretent I didn't say the last paragraph.
Castlevania is announced for DS, not PSP.
soundwave05
Member
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl are coming to the DS. That's the next installment in the Pokemon series.
Spiritreaver
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soundwave05 said:
I know! Isn't it amazing?
Waaa!
The PSP price has really riled up nintendo afterall they are trying to look like a more mature game company with the way the have headed in the design of the SP and DS and the low prices so that at the same time be affordable to the younger croud but here comes big bad sony and pops that bubble cuz now you can be a seriouse "mature" gamer even if your not old enought to have a bank account yet!
nintendo is afraid that now people will see things the way they really are and have been for a while.
$149.00
VS
$185.00
The PSP price has really riled up nintendo afterall they are trying to look like a more mature game company with the way the have headed in the design of the SP and DS and the low prices so that at the same time be affordable to the younger croud but here comes big bad sony and pops that bubble cuz now you can be a seriouse "mature" gamer even if your not old enought to have a bank account yet!
nintendo is afraid that now people will see things the way they really are and have been for a while.
$149.00
VS
$185.00
SantaC
Member
thefit said:Waaa!
The PSP price has really riled up nintendo afterall they are trying to look like a more mature game company with the way the have headed in the design of the SP and DS and the low prices so that at the same time be affordable to the younger croud but here comes big bad sony and pops that bubble cuz now you can be a seriouse "mature" gamer even if your not old enought to have a bank account yet!
nintendo is afraid that now people will see things the way they really are and have been for a while.
$149.00
VS
$185.00
nice try, but that's not a dual screen
Forgotten Ancient
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What happens when Sony/Level 5/SquareEnix all join forces to make a game that blatantly rips of the Pokemon formula?
It's true that Pokemon can't be considered a "fad" anymore, but the next game in the series is facing unique competition. For the first time since Pokemon, there'll be an alternative and viable portable. For the first time since Pokemon, there's a "cool" competitor that knows what they're doing. For the first time ever, really, there could be an issue where little Timmy has a PSP and little Johnny has a Nintendo DS. Not being able to share and battle Pokemon on the playground could potentially hurt Pikachu and friends. Being a handheld that's not really marketed at children, the DS might not be the best place for a new Pokemon.
I don't know...I hope Pokemon is the answer. I'm really starting to worry about the fate of Nintendo though. I've been a fanboy to them since my conception, so I hate feeling this way - but I've seen them fall once; they can fall again.
It's true that Pokemon can't be considered a "fad" anymore, but the next game in the series is facing unique competition. For the first time since Pokemon, there'll be an alternative and viable portable. For the first time since Pokemon, there's a "cool" competitor that knows what they're doing. For the first time ever, really, there could be an issue where little Timmy has a PSP and little Johnny has a Nintendo DS. Not being able to share and battle Pokemon on the playground could potentially hurt Pikachu and friends. Being a handheld that's not really marketed at children, the DS might not be the best place for a new Pokemon.
I don't know...I hope Pokemon is the answer. I'm really starting to worry about the fate of Nintendo though. I've been a fanboy to them since my conception, so I hate feeling this way - but I've seen them fall once; they can fall again.
SantaCruZer said:
But they are caught between a rock and a hard place now. Launch the next Gameboy early and you are in Sega territory, and risk alienating the people who buy the DS and the developers who have supported it. And if they wait too long, PSP will have too big a headstart and it will be PS2 all over again.
As interested as I am in the DS (Made In Wario DS > anything), I think there's a risk the gamble might not pay off now because of PSP's price. A high PSP price would have given them breathing space, something they don't have now. I think Nintendo would have been wiser waiting to launch something with higher-specs and the Gameboy name.
The other worry is if DS gets lost in a sea of PSP hype, and under-performs, then the pressure on Revolution is going to be enormous.
"That's not a game machine,"SantaCruZer said:
LAME
"They showed it at the [Tokyo] Game Show without any fundamental game software, and you can tell that it's not yet complete."
LAME
"People who want to play with Pikachu will need Nintendo's new-style DS machine,"
LAME
"but those who want to play our racing game Gran Turismo 4 will need a PSP, right?"
LAME
Nintendo-Sony 3-1
Doom_Bringer
Banned
Mrbob said:
I can't help it I love these photoshop pics! :lol
Yeah I love that pics too
Spiritreaver
Member
The one and only problem I have with the $200 is people announce that as the price that's going to sell. Personally I think you're a fool to not get the bundle or a memory stick (which is going to round that price on up to the bundle) with your PSP. Unless you planon only watching UMDs and not having game saves... I just think it looks attractive, but in the long run it's not going to be what you're going to flat out pay.
I'm still happy with $230-250 though. That's fine with me and still lower than I expected, plus I wasn't expecting it to be bundled with anything.
I'm still happy with $230-250 though. That's fine with me and still lower than I expected, plus I wasn't expecting it to be bundled with anything.
Dragmire said:
What was so low about Kutaragi's quote? Actually I thought his response to Nintendo's comments were quite humble.
He said for Pokemon you need a DS and Gran Turismo 4 you need a PSP. It's a factual quote. In fact I would say in a way he was tipping his cap to Nintendo saying that they have their own fanbase and PSP will have their own as well.
soundwave05
Member
I think DS could have a decent future as a budget console as someone else mentioned on these boards (I think it was cybamerc) but for that to work it has to be in the $79-$99 price range the current GBA SP is at.
The touchscreen strikes me as more of a thing for really casual people who are just as likely to play touchscreen poker/black jack as they are Super Mario.
With a $50 difference though between the DS and PSP, unless the touchscreen absolutely is something you got batsh-t crazy over, I can't see how people wouldn't just pay the extra few bucks for the PSP instead.
The touchscreen strikes me as more of a thing for really casual people who are just as likely to play touchscreen poker/black jack as they are Super Mario.
With a $50 difference though between the DS and PSP, unless the touchscreen absolutely is something you got batsh-t crazy over, I can't see how people wouldn't just pay the extra few bucks for the PSP instead.
Buggy Loop
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Hold on a minute, are they telling me that GT4 was cancelled on PS2?
edit- damn, beaten by dcharlie, should've read the replies
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